| Biathlon at the Winter Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Governing body | IBU |
| Events | 6 (men: 2; womens: 2; mixed: 2) |
| Games | |
Biathlon is one of the sports featured at the Winter Youth Olympics. It has been part of the games since the inaugural edition in 2012.
| Biathlon at the Winter Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Governing body | IBU |
| Events | 6 (men: 2; womens: 2; mixed: 2) |
| Games | |
Biathlon is one of the sports featured at the Winter Youth Olympics. It has been part of the games since the inaugural edition in 2012.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Innsbruck | Niklas Homberg  Germany | Rene Zahkna  Estonia | Cheng Fangming  China |
| 2016 Lillehammer | Sivert Guttorm Bakken  Norway | Egor Tutmin  Russia | Said Karimulla Khalili Russia |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Lausanne | Oleg Domichek Russia | Lukas Haslinger  Austria | Mathieu Garcia  France |
| 2024 Gangwon | Antonin Guy France | Storm Veitsle Norway | Markus Sklenárik  Slovakia |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 |  Russia | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 |  Germany | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 |  Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  Norway | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 |  China | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Estonia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 | |
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